Bob Dylan's Chronicles- reccomended

I read this book several months ago, and posted my impressions in this thread which I'll repeat here:

"I've just read his new book, which was his first autobiography, entitled: Bob Dylan "Chronicles: Volume One" which seems to imply that there may be more to come. There is no mention of a ghost writer or editor anywhere, so I'm assuming that they are his stories in his words.

An interesting read. Well written, and it flows quite well within sections, but the "coverage" of his life jumps over major periods of time as though there was no effort at all to provide a well balanced perspective as would a "true" autobiography. It's written in first person, but there is not much about his personal life, and that was disappointing, because from other sources, it is clear that thoughts of his girlfriends and wives along the way shaped a lot of his music (he would refer to "my wife" but never by name nor would he say much about her, just that she was with him during the incident he was reacalling). He did emphasize how terrible their life became in the late 60's after fame brought him all sorts of unwanted visitors, and mentioned the Woodstock days, the motorcycle accident that gave him an excuse to exit public life for an indefinite period of time, those sorts of things. Fair enough, I guess if anyone has "earned" a right to protect his privacy, he's the man. He certainly knows the pain of fame.

Despite the absence of a more personal tone that I had hoped for, I'd say that the book is still very much focused on what he was trying to accomplish with his music. The Chapter entitled "Oh Mercy" goes on for 80 pages and chronicles the making of said albulm in New Orleans. This was all new to me, but a lot of his early history in New York in the 60's was rather, uhhhhhhhh, expected. But then again, I've read a bunch of books about the man so I wasn't really expecting to learn much.

For a newbie Dylan fan, I'd recommend it, but perhaps after it comes out in paperback. At $24 for the hardcover edition, the price tag is a bit steep for a very short book (293 pages) with fairly large type size. I read it, word for word and with great interest (no Evelyn Woods type skills for this guy) on a flight between Chicago and Miami, so what's that? Less than 3 hours?"

Funny, now that I've read this again - we picked up on some of the same things. The "wife" reference, the fact that there were very large gaps in time between chapters, etc.

Thanks for the recommendation. I have been meaning to read it for a while, but have had a lot of books on my list lately and had not gotten around to it. Now I will definitely try to.